Conveyancing Basics for Legal Support Staff 2023

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Your essential guide to completing conveyancing tasks with confidence

(Postponed from June 12, 2023)
Friday, September 15, 2023
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
via webinar only

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Who should attend: Legal support staff working in a real estate practice; this course may also be of interest to junior lawyers, junior paralegals, and other conveyancing professionals who are new to this practice area

Learning level: Fundamental

The conveyancing process involves so many details that it can be overwhelming to keep track of all the tasks you need to complete. This course provides a comprehensive overview of the process and offers practice points to ensure that it proceeds as smoothly as possible.

Participants (either you or your support staff) will have access to all the documents typically used in a conveyance, as well as invaluable checklists, sample forms, and practical demonstrations.

The course is taught by a diverse and experienced faculty of lawyers, senior conveyancers, and government representatives who will guide participants through the process and answer any questions they may have. By taking this course, participants can increase their confidence and speed in performing conveyancing tasks.

After taking this course, participants will be able to:

have a clear understanding of the entire conveyancing process
appreciate the legal reasons behind the technical steps involved in a conveyance
handle unusual circumstances that can occur in a conveyance
avoid the most common errors that arise in conveyances

CLEBC would like to thank Stewart Title Guaranty Company for their generous support in sponsoring this event.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 6.5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chair
Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

Pricing	EARLY BIRD Register by Aug. 18/23	Regular Price After Aug. 18/23
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Live Webinar Articled Student	$211.50	$211.50

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CLEBC Programs Production Manager
Mary Kingston
mkingston@cle.bc.ca

Course Chair
Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

About the Course Chair
Dick Chan is associate counsel at Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers where he has practiced since 1996. He graduated from UBC Faculty of Law in 1991 and was called to the bar in 1992. Dick has volunteered with CLEBC since 2002 as a course presenter on real estate matters and as a contributing editor for CLEBC's Conveyancing Deskbook. Dick is also a long time contributing editor for the Law Society's PLTC Real Estate Practice Material and the Residential Conveyance Procedure Checklist.

Faculty
Stefan T. Charles — Buckley Hogan Law Office, Surrey
Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver
Michael A. LeBeau — LeBeau Law, Coquitlam
Dustin Meyer — Deputy Registrar, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance LLP, Vancouver
Colleen Read — Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam
Mahsa Shoar — LMN Law Group, New Westminster
Ron Usher — The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Mary Kingston — Programs Production Manager, CLEBC, Vancouver
Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

First Steps, Obtaining Instructions, Identification (9:10 – 9:45)

Mahsa Shoar — LMN Law Group, New Westminster
Ron Usher — The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Reviewing Contract of Purchase and Sale (9:45 – 10:20)

Mahsa Shoar — LMN Law Group, New Westminster

BREAK (10:20 – 10:30)

Searches & Investigations (10:30 – 11:05)

Ron Usher — The Society of Notaries Public of BC, Vancouver

Financing (11:05 – 12:00)

Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver
Colleen Read — Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

LUNCH (12:00 – 12:50)

Property Transfer Tax (12:50 – 1:40)

Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance LLP, Vancouver

Closing Documents, Statement of Adjustments, LOTA, Webfiling (1:40 – 2:30)

Dustin Meyer — Deputy Registrar, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster
Colleen Read — Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

BREAK (2:30 – 2:40)

Closing Procedures, Undertakings (2:40 – 3:15)

Michael A. LeBeau — LeBeau Law, Coquitlam

Acting for Vendor (3:15 – 3:50)

Stefan T. Charles — Buckley Hogan Law Office, Surrey

LTSA Defects (3:50 – 4:25)

Dustin Meyer — Deputy Registrar, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

Closing Questions and Comments (4:25 – 4:30)

Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

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